This past April, parents were alarmed that T.I. was featured as a guest speaker at Woodland Middle School in Henry County, GA. Last Friday, the rapper appeared on The Wendy Williams Show and responded to the criticism.

“Well to be perfectly honest… speaking freely if I may, I honestly believe that they should more concerned with the message than the guy giving the message. I think they should have asked their children ‘what did you hear,” “what did he say?’The complaints came after the fact. I think they should have asked ‘what did this guy tell you?’ I think the message is more important than who’s giving it. Because if it had been an accountant, a dentist… someone else coming in giving the same message, the message wouldn’t have been received.”